Lothar Witzke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lothar Witzke

German spy

Date of Birth: 15-May-1895

Place of Birth: Koschmin District, Poznań Voivodeship

Date of Death: 06-Jan-1962

Profession: military personnel, spy

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Lothar Witzke (born May 15, 1895, died January 6, 1962) was a German naval officer who became a spy and saboteur on active service in the United States and Mexico during the First World War. Arrested in 1918, he was sentenced to death, but his life was saved by the Armistice of 11 November 1918.
In 1923 he was pardoned and released.
During the Second World War he served in the Abwehr and after the war became a German Party member of the Hamburg Parliament.